Improvement in spice-boxes



a. WHEELER.

Spice-Box.

No.160,631. "Patented March9,l875.

INVENTUB} ATTORNEYS.

THE GRAPHIC C(LPHOTO LITI'LSQ [41 PARK PLAGE,N. Y.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. WHEELER, OF YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPICE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,631, dated March 9,1875; application filed December 5, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. WHEELER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spice-Box, ofwhich the following is a specifioation:

Figure 1 is a side view of one of my improved spice-boxes, part of thecover being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a top viewof the same, the detachable plate being removed. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the detachable plate.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Myinvention has for its object to furnish an improved spice or dredgingbox, which shall be so constructed that the spice may be sent to marketin it, which will enable the spice to be sprinkled from it by simplydetachin g a small plate, and which shall be simple in construction andconvenient in use.

My invention is an improvement in the class of spice or dredge boxeshaving a perforated sliding or rotating plate applied to a perforatedcover.

The improvement consists in providing the perforated cover of a spice ordredge box with a plate which is imperforate, and has apeculiarly-shaped slot that adapts it for reception and engagement witha headed pin on the cover, whereby said plate will retain its positionwhile the box is not required for use, but may be instantly detached,all as hereinafter described.

A represents the body, and B the cover, of the box, which are made inthe ordinary way, and the said cover B is perforated so that the box canbe used as a sprinkling or dredging box, as well as a package. 0 is aplate, of such a shape as to fit snugly upon the top or cover B, and ofsuch a size as to cover all the perforations of said top or cover. Theplate 0 may be a plain circle, or its edge may be scalloped or otherwisemade ornamental. In the plate 0 is formed a short slot, 0, extendingfrom the center toward the edge of said plate. The outer end of the slot0' is enlarged so that it may be passed over the head of the pin 12attached to the center of the cover B.

By this construction, when the enlarged end of the slot 0 has beenpassed over the head of the pin b, and the plate 0 has been slipped intoa central position upon the cover B the perforations of said cover willbe entirely covered. The pin 1) may be made with a cross-head instead ofa round head, so that the plate 0 will have to be turned a quarterrevolution after it has been slipped to one side before it can bedetached from said cover B, but I prefer the construction firstdescribed, as having a neater appearance.

I do not claim the application of a sealingplate to a dredge-box, forsuch sealing-plate is not new, attached by a pivot to the dredgebox, orsliding in suitable ways, or even entirely detachable and held byfriction simply, or by some adhesive substance; but

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with the perforated cover B of thespice or dredge box A, having the headed pin 0, of the plate 0, madeimperforate, and provided with the key-shaped slot 0, as shown anddescribed.

GEORGE B. WVHEELER.

Witnesses: JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MosHER.

